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Artist's Statement: His Truth Goes Marching On, 1993 Bottles are filled with different amounts of water to produce all the notes of "The Battle Hymm of the Republic" are transcribed into a corresponding bottle. When a viewer strikes each bottle in succession the bottles play the song. The story is in the object. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe, 1861 John Brown's body lies amould'ring in the grave, John Brown's body lies amould'ring in the grave, John Brown's body lies amould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on! Chorus Glory, glory! Hallelujah! Glory, glory! Hallelujah! Glory, glory! Hallelujah! His soul goes marching on! He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true, And he frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through; They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor cries But his soul is marching on! Chorus Artist's Statement: 100, 1995 100 people aged zero through 99 are arranged in chronological order. The result is a simple timeline in which the viewer can place themselves. Artist's Statement: Pause + Play “Pause and Play” is an elaborate coo-coo clock. Upon entering the space the viewer is confronted by an alarm clock counting down a small amount of time (never more than 10 minutes). When the countdown reaches 0 the band plays a fragmented march for about a minute. Once it is done, it stops, a new random time is displayed in the alarm clock, and the waiting begins again. The entire situation is one of anticipation and waiting for an event, that although pleasurable, is altogether predictable. The clock is not to be trusted. It slowly shifts its rate from 30% slower to 30% faster. Amazingly, this difference is very hard to detect. The speed at which time passes always seems subjective. Waiting for the band to play is about the future. Meanwhile the band itself is an instrument of commemoration, observance and rememberance. Paul Ramírez Jonas |